by Byron Williams | Jun 20, 2018 | Politics |
Ours is a culture driven by optics. Look at the popularity of apps such as Instagram, Snapchat, and to a lesser extent Facebook. In fact, Snapchat boasts that it provides “the fastest way to share a moment.” In our public discourse oftentimes we make decisions based...
by Byron Williams | Jun 10, 2018 | Features, Politics |
Last week marked the 50th anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. Much of that remembrance condenses Kennedy’s contributions to a speech given in Indianapolis, a brief presidential campaign that gave many hope, and martyrdom that allowed many to ponder “what...
by Byron Williams | Jun 4, 2018 | Features, Politics |
As a professed Golden State Warriors fan since the early ’70s, I am enjoying immensely the discussion that has them under consideration as an NBA dynasty. But with all the Warriors recent success, there is a legitimate criticism suggesting their biggest adversary is...
by Byron Williams | May 6, 2018 | Features, Politics
All the attributes associated with the career of Bill Cosby, the last one may very well be the one that places the exclamation point on his career: convicted felon. The guilty verdict handed down to Bill Cosby for sexual assault, though not surprising in the abstract,...
by Byron Williams | Apr 23, 2018 | Features, Politics |
I remember, as an adolescent, when my father told me I had to cut the grass in lieu of going to the movies with my friends, I countered by providing him with a list of things I had already completed that day, which included cleaning my room. My father said rather...
